Coldplay - X&Y (2005) [24.192 FLAC]

  Released: 2005
  Genre: Pop/Rock
  Styles: Alternative
  Source: WEB
  Codec: FLAC
  Bit Rate: ~ 4,000 kbps
  Bits Per Sample: 24
  Sample Rate: 192,000 Hz

  01 Square One  
  02 What If 
  03 White Shadows
  04 Fix You
  05 Talk
  06 X&Y
  07 Speed Of Sound
  08 A Message
  09 Low
  10 The Hardest Part
  11 Swallowed In The Sea
  12 Twisted Logic
  13 Til Kingdom Come

  After Radiohead stubbornly refused to accept the mantle of world's biggest and most important rock band by releasing the willfully strange rocktronica fusion Kid A in 2000, Coldplay stepped up to the plate with their debut, Parachutes. Tasteful, earnest, introspective, anthemic, and grounded in guitars, the British quartet was everything Radiohead weren't but what the public wanted them to be, and benefited from the Oxford quintet's decision to abandon rock stardom for arcane art rock. Parachutes became a transatlantic hit and 2002's sequel, A Rush of Blood to the Head, consolidated their success by being bigger and better than Parachutes, positioning Coldplay to not be just the new Radiohead, but the new U2: a band that belongs to the world but whose fans believe that the music is for them alone. To that end, Coldplay's third album, X&Y -- slightly delayed so it follows Rush of Blood by nearly three years, but that's no longer than the time separating OK Computer and Kid A, or The Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree -- is designed to be the record that elevates Coldplay to the major leagues, where they are at once the biggest and most important band in the world. It's deliberate and sleek, cinematic and pristine, hip enough to sample Kraftwerk and blend in fashionable retro-'80s post-punk allusions without altering the band's core. Indeed, X&Y is hardly a bold step forward but rather a consolidation of Coldplay's strengths, particularly their skill at crafting surging, widescreen epics